Find more in the water?

[bottlecap]

Do you that regularly detect in the water at beaches seem to find more rings and jewelry in the water than anywhere else? When I say detect in the water I mean actually getting in up to your waist and giving the swim area a good scan. Just curious to see what people's experiences have been. Thanks.

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Do you that regularly detect in the water at beaches seem to find more rings and jewelry in the water than anywhere else? When I say detect in the water I mean actually getting in up to your waist and giving the swim area a good scan. Just curious to see what people's experiences have been. Thanks.

Yes, up to chest deep....

 

[Tom_in_CA]

My experience at my beaches here, is that there will be the same ratios (of coins versus rings) on the intertidal wet, as opposed to battling the surf and wading out.

There *could* be a situation where there is a "boil" or "break" point in the surf, where the heaviest targets are right at the water's edge (causing you to need to be in and out of the ebbing surf, which can be dangerous, depending on conditions). But other times the sinkers and heavy items are left at points not-necessarily out in the water, or at the surf's edge.

If you were in a lake or placid bay/cove type lagoon type of formation, where .......scores of people swim and frolick out beyond the lowest low tide mark (such that you can never access it by low tides), then you could be benefitted by going out there. But if it's a case of open ocean-facing beaches, then the sand that's "out there", will simply be the sand that's "up here" the following year (as sand and targets are not stationary).

I guess the bottom line is: There no one size fits all, for all beachs, at all times. I just know that where I'm at, you'd be trashed around and doing everything you could to try to hunt off-shore in our wave zone. Or even scuba for that matter (as current will pull you around as you fight like heck to stay-on-targets.) Contrast to hunting on the wet sand, and you can have freedom of movement, vision, digging, etc....

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Not much surf in Minnesota....

I have hunted in the water/surf in Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Cocoa, Ft Lauderdale, Miami, Key Biscayne, Anna Marie Island, St Pete, Hilton Head Island and Charleston SC so far.

 

[killroy]

I am going to try my luck out at the 8-mile creek and a pond just nearby
the walnut river is less than a mile away too I will give the AT Pro a
good workout this spring I will make a post of my finds soon!!!!

 

[bottlecap]

Not much surf in Minnesota....

Very true however I find Tom's response very interesting, I had never taken into account the tides and such that the ocean detectors deal with, also from what he said sounds like without having any current or tide it may pay to wade in deeper and see what you can find.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Oh yes,I also hunt lakes sometimes, found gold chest deep..

Salt water beach hunting is a different beast but can be very rewarding..

 

[lookindown]

Gold is in the water...I think much more is lost in the water than on land...I know there is less trash in the water.

 

[OBN]

Some of the best hunting right now is in New England, on the Wet sand / Rocks. Best to rate a area on the Surf / tides, amount of traffic, history, water temps and "your abilities to swim"... And the deadly word's Beach replenishment...

 

[Kevin in IN]

I hunt mostly fresh water, and while many rings are lost in waste to neck deep water, don't over look the knee to ankle deep water. I find some nice rings with ice in this area where moms play with toddlers. In these lakes, things pretty much stay where they drop till we come along and find em. Not sure what you have in MN, but the marl bottoms we have here keep objects from sinking. The hard part is getting your target off the top of the slimmy crap.

 

[cudamark]

Do you that regularly detect in the water at beaches seem to find more rings and jewelry in the water than anywhere else? When I say detect in the water I mean actually getting in up to your waist and giving the swim area a good scan. Just curious to see what people's experiences have been. Thanks.

Getting up to your waist to detect our local oceanfront beaches is about the upper limit of what you can reasonably do. Any deeper and you just can't stay over the target and make a recovery. Occasionally, on a real calm day, you can go a bit deeper, maybe mid chest, but any kind of surf moves you around too much. In a protected area like a bay or lake, you can go deeper. As for targets, I find less junk out in the water and more good finds, but, less finds overall, than I do in the dry sand. Mostly because there are many more hunters in the dry sand. I've also had great luck in the wet sand and on the slope from water to dry. You need to hunt where the targets are rather than where you want them to be. Being able to read that particular beach is the most important factor.

 

[lookindown]

I hunt mostly fresh water, and while many rings are lost in waste to neck deep water, don't over look the knee to ankle deep water. I find some nice rings with ice in this area where moms play with toddlers. In these lakes, things pretty much stay where they drop till we come along and find em. Not sure what you have in MN, but the marl bottoms we have here keep objects from sinking. The hard part is getting your target off the top of the slimmy crap.

Ive made some nice gold finds in knee deep water...knee deep and waist deep are my two hot spots.

 

[OBN]

Ive made some nice gold finds in knee deep water...knee deep and waist deep are my two hot spots.

Like that 999! Wow!

 

[bottlecap]

Those are some great replies! I will be detecting almost exclusively lakes, there are a lot of them here and a lot of them have beaches, sounds to me like unless someone else got out there before me with a detector there should be a few goodies to find. Getting a little sick of clad and it seems no matter how much research I do or how much I detect I can't seem to come up with any old coins. I think the water will be my main focus this summer, plus if my shoulder gets tired I can always switch gears and fish for a while I can't wait to get in the water, the idea of less trash(even with fewer finds) is also very appealing to me!

 

[Fletch88]

Enjoy the water but I think you'll find that freshwater is full of all kinds of trash that does not deteriorate like it does in saltwater. Small pieces of fish hooks, lures, nails, , cheap sunglasses,bobby pins, splitshot, foil, bullets, screw caps, pull tabs,canslaw, big iron whatsits, just to name a few things I have found. I would wear gloves of some type when digging around and fanning the bottom.

 

[bottlecap]

Enjoy the water but I think you'll find that freshwater is full of all kinds of trash that does not deteriorate like it does in saltwater. Small pieces of fish hooks, lures, nails, , cheap sunglasses,bobby pins, splitshot, foil, bullets, screw caps, pull tabs,canslaw, big iron whatsits, just to name a few things I have found. I would wear gloves of some type when digging around and fanning the bottom.

Awesome.

 

[cudamark]

Those are some great replies! I will be detecting almost exclusively lakes, there are a lot of them here and a lot of them have beaches, sounds to me like unless someone else got out there before me with a detector there should be a few goodies to find. Getting a little sick of clad and it seems no matter how much research I do or how much I detect I can't seem to come up with any old coins. I think the water will be my main focus this summer, plus if my shoulder gets tired I can always switch gears and fish for a while I can't wait to get in the water, the idea of less trash(even with fewer finds) is also very appealing to me!

Check your local ordinances governing each lake you plan to hunt. In some areas, the lakes are off-limits in the summer. In some counties, you need a permit too. The rules should be posted online......or at least at the county courthouse.

 

[bottlecap]

Check your local ordinances governing each lake you plan to hunt. In some areas, the lakes are off-limits in the summer. In some counties, you need a permit too. The rules should be posted online......or at least at the county courthouse.

You bet Luckily I live right on the border of another county, the county I live in has restrictions on water detecting all summer.

 

[Chug And Red]

For you River Hunters Watch the High Low Tide Charts In you area, You might be surprised by the Drop when there is A Negative low tide Lets you Get into areas that you Can Never Reach Especially near the End Of Summer before the Rain Starts HH Hope this Tip Helps Everyone

 

[Kevin in IN]

Enjoy the water but I think you'll find that freshwater is full of all kinds of trash that does not deteriorate like it does in saltwater. Small pieces of fish hooks, lures, nails, , cheap sunglasses,bobby pins, splitshot, foil, bullets, screw caps, pull tabs,canslaw, big iron whatsits, just to name a few things I have found. I would wear gloves of some type when digging around and fanning the bottom.

So true, nails from old piers, tin cans are about the worst, and they've sunk very deep and even the excalibur makes them sound good. The only silver dollar, a 1921 morgan I found, was in with rotted tin cans. Like most will say, you have to dig some junk to get the good stuff.